The Orpheus Protocol

In which we discuss the dizzyingly-high-stakes finale of Season 2. Music: Three Chain Links - Parasite Eve - Out of Phase (SNES Remix) Greyskull - Time (Greyskull Remix) Jackal of Eyes Designs: https://www.patreon.com/Jackal_of_Eyes_Designs

The wrath of the Royal Apiarist falls upon our Travelers. Music Credits: Rupert Lally - Just Lie here quietly for a little while longer Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Myuu - Trauma's Mist Myuu - MSP#2:STEEL Kevin MacLeod - The Hive White Bat Audio - Wicked City Ghost Stories Incorporated - The Doomed and Infected Dark Fantasy Studio - Communication Dark Fantasy Studio - Monsters Dark Fantasy Studio - Death or Glory Dark Fantasy Studio - Rage Dark Fantasy Studio - Dead Roses Sergey Cheremisinov - Midnight Talk Josh Woodward - She Dreams in Blue (Instrumental) Myuu - In the House, In a Heartbeat (28 Days Later Cover) Opening and Closing Themes by Nathan Kross and Rob Stith Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol releases Monday, with the odd week off at the end of arcs.

See y'all later today. Music: Three Chain Links - Parasite Eve - Out of Phase (SNES Remix)

With the able artistic assistance of Jack Scott, our travelers reach the Royal Apiary, where monumental decisions are made. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Myuu - Trauma's Mist Peritune - Minstrel Fantasy World - Elven Sanctuary Kevin MacLeod - Hidden Agenda Fantasy World - Elven Sanctuary Sergey Cheremisinov - Midnight Talk Myuu - Not Tomorrow (Silent Hill Cover) Myuu - True (Silent Hill 2 Cover) ErikMMusic - High Atop the Tower Zero-project - Princess of my Heart Daniel Birch - Swallowed by Shame ErikMMusic - Moonlit Chambers Xenojam - Go Mad and Burn Opening and Closing Themes by Nathan Kross and Rob Stith Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol releases Monday, with the odd week off at the end of arcs.

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SCENE: A dusty and cavernous WORKSHOP, straddling the border of the ARTIST'S DISTRICT and the ROYAL DISTRICT in the city of CARCOSA. Three OLD FRIENDS (if friends they can truly be called) meet to discuss matters of great import taking place in the city. Music: Daniel Birch - Spanish Guitar and Voice on Microcassette

Art begets life begets art begets life begets art begets life begets art b e g e t s l i f e b e g e t s a r t b e g e t s l i f e Music Credits: Daniel Birch - Swallowed by Shame Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Myuu - Trauma's Mist Somewhere off Jazz Street - Slow Again Daniel Birch - Restless States Constrained Desire 2 DEgITx - Machine Paradigm Daniel Birch - Death Comes To Us All A. Romeo - Goodnight Kevin MacLeod - Awkward Meeting Project Divinity - Twisted Machinery Darren Curtis - Lord McDeath Daniel Birch - Environmental Disaster Zone Pedro - Noire #1 Arthur Vyncke - Red Forest Daniel Birch - The Gates are Locked Opening and Closing Themes by Nathan Kross and Rob Stith Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol releases Monday, with the odd week off at the end of arcs.

Not even their selves can be relied upon. They move ever closer to the center. T h e y a r e n o t t h e m s e l v e s . T h e y a r e n o t w h e r e t h e y a r e . Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Myuu - Trauma's Mist Kai Engel - Delirium 385North - R o m a n t i c D i n n e r Kevin MacLeod - Shadowlands 5 - Antechamber Dark Fantasy Studio - Dead Roses Kevin MacLeod - Amazing Plan (Distressed) Free Dramatic Scores - Shards Disconscious - Shopping Delirium Daniel Birch - Burnt to a Crisp Zero-project - Princess of my Heart Josh Woodward - I'm Letting Go (Instrumental) Myuu - Spook Box Scott Buckley - Hiraeth Opening and Closing Themes by Nathan Kross and Rob Stith Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol releases Monday, with the odd week off at the end of arcs.

Our travelers find themselves in the domain of the King, too near the end of night. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Myuu - Trauma's Mist Daniel Birch - Language for Movements and Sound Daniel Birch - So Far Away A.Romeo - Avant Garde Horror Demo Daniel Birch - Swallowed by Shame Daniel Birch - Lost at Sea Daniel Birch - Gentle Sea Swell Daniel Birch - Drift Dark Fantasy Studio - Thieves Daniel Birch - Weightlessness Myuu - Beth's Theme Daniel Birch - Spanish Guitar and Voice on Microcassette Daniel Birch - Destroy Your Mind Opening and Closing Themes by Nathan Kross and Rob Stith Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol releases Monday, with the odd week off at the end of arcs.

Ben, Rob, Dan, and Jhan discuss the Sanctuary Arc, a lean, mechanically diverser arc that saw the campaign's largest-scale encounter yet. Music: Alexander Nakarada - Cocktails and Lobsters

At long last, the blade of the King seeks a resolution in the matter of its stewardship. The source of undeath itself rises to confront our travelers. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Danilo Scar - Rondò Veneziano ft Scar (Organ remix) himhim2340 - SP Organ Jakubowski Epic Music - Terrible Cave DEgITx - Grim Reaper (feat. Matty M) Darren Curtis - The Phantom's Castle Ghost Stories Incorporated - Find a Way Out DEgITx - Machine Paradigm Sorcerer of Darkness - Born Power Alexander Nakarada - Blood and Steel Taddart - Cold I Am Jonny Music - Vampire Killer Organ Cover Naoya Sakamata - Trauma's Mist Opening and Closing Themes by Nathan Kross and Rob Stith Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol releases Monday, with the odd week off at the end of arcs.

At the apex of The Temple of Swords lies an unholy relic whose corruption twists the very land around it. Standing guard over it waits the strongest living vampire. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Dark Fantasy Studio - Into Wild Lands Blue Crystal Star - Forest of Dreams Dark Fantasy Studio - The Edge of Nightmare Hardcore scm - Fun in Cello Land Alexander Nakarada - Stygian Rise] DEgITx - Minefield Funkywim - Symphonic Black Metal Excalibur - Alexander Nakarada - The Wandering King Matty M - Remember Your Journey Darren Curtis - Soul's Departure Matty M - Shrouded in Mist Sergey Cheremisinov - Old Ally Brandon Stills Project - Extermination 1-Minute-Music - Rise of the King ROZKOL - The Den Opening and Closing Themes by Nathan Kross and Rob Stith Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol releases Monday, with the odd week off at the end of arcs.

Camazotz at last reveals her true strength, but Mitch is not the same being he was mere hours ago. And the ascent is imperiled by blood sorcery most malign. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Dark Fantasy Studio - Monsters Myuu - Beth's Theme Dark Fantasy Studio - Death or Glory The Contradiction - Welcome to the Taj Mahal The Contradiction - Beware of shadows, my sons… Scott Buckley - Soul Searcher Darren Curtis - Bad Dreams Xenojam - Go mad and burn MidnightPiano - First Encounter Sergey Cheremisinov - Mindship Dark Fantasy Studio - Captain's Tribute Dark Fantasy Studio - The Ocean Takes it All Alexander Nakarada - Tam Lin Opening and Closing Themes by Nathan Kross and Rob Stith Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol releases Monday, with the odd week off at the end of arcs.

Torc and Kaelar must strike a decisive blow against Camazotz before it's too late. Meanwhile and elsewhere, Mitch traverses the metaphoric spaces of the Dragon's Dream in search of revelation. Music Credits: Alexander Nakarada - Until the End Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Scott Buckley - Borealis White Bat Audio - Get Out White Bat Audio - The Creatures of Moonlight Cove Free Dramatic Scores - Tales From the Asylum Sergey Cheremisinov - Just Run Myuu - Trembling Daniel Birch - Angelic Voices in my Nightmares Matty M - A New Beginning Matty M - Fall into Oblivion Dark Fantasy Studio - On the Other Side Dark Fantasy Studio - To Hell Dark Fantasy Studio - The Ocean Takes it all A. Romero - Goodnight Ghost Stories Incorporated - The Doomed and Infected Free Dramatic Scores - A Nightmare in Blood Myuu - In the House, In a Heartbeat (28 Days Later Cover) Myuu - Reflection Sergey Cheremisinov - Tavern Kai Engel - Shining Dawn The Story Behind her Smile Scott Buckley - Hymn Kai Engel - The Price of Valour Opening and Closing Themes by Nathan Kross and Rob Stith Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol releases Monday, with the odd week off at the end of arcs.

Ben, Rob, Dan, and Jhan discuss the Vermilion Arc, including the infamous "ORPHEUS Diet" sequence, as the disparate threads of Season 2 being to converge toward a climax.

Weeaboo's been sundowning the last several days, and hasn't allowed me to sleep at night. As such, my brain is all messed up. See you next week with Lore, Lyres, and Liars.

Torc and Kaelar must strike a decisive blow against Camazotz before it's too late. Meanwhile and elsewhere, Mitch traverses the metaphoric spaces of the Dragon's Dream in search of revelation. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Daniel Birch - Low Warm Sun Myuu - Something's Wrong Darren Curtis - The Devil's Cell Braids - 02 - 04 Darren Curtis - Lord McDeath Myuu - Song of Unhealing White Bat Audio - Fight Like Hell White Bat Audio - Self Inflicted Myuu - MSP#2:STEEL Three Chain Links - There's the sun, peeking through my curtains. Matty M - Death Metal Song Idea VII Dark Fantasy Studio - On the Other Side Ola Englund - Mix Practice PSICODREAMICS - Lullaby for the Darkness Scott Buckley - Soul Searcher Scott Buckley - Fate and Fortune Sergey Cheremisinov - Train Opening and Closing Themes by Nathan Kross and Rob Stith Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol attempts to release every Monday, and is almost always successful.

" Along the shore the cloud waves break, The twin suns sink beneath the lake, The shadows lengthen In Carcosa. " Strange is the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies But stranger still is Lost Carcosa. " Songs that the Hyades shall sing, Where flap the tatters of the King, Must die unheard in Dim Carcosa. " Song of my soul, my voice is dead; Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed Shall dry and die in Lost Carcosa." Music Credits: Myuu - Trauma's Mist Daniel Birch - Lost at Sea Daniel Birch - Gentle Sea Swell Kevin MacLeod - Shadowlands 5 - Antechamber Daniel Birch - Looking Out To Sea Darren Curtis - Music in the Streets Daniel Birch - Sleeping in the Cosmos Daniel Birch - Spanish Guitar and Voice on Microcassette Daniel Birch - Low Warm Sun Daniel Birch - Lost Disconscious - Midnight Specimen Vacant Stages - Steps of the Escalator Daniel Birch - Environmental Disaster Zone Kevin MacLeod - Myst on the Moor Dark Fantasy Studio - Communication Naoya Sakamata - Jealous Voice Opening and Closing Themes by Nathan Kross and Rob Stith Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol attempts to release every Monday, and is almost always successful.

Mitch attempts to ascend the Temple of Swords alone, with nothing but his strength and wits to rely upon. And further up the tower, Torc and his companions are further savaged by the seemingly unstoppable Camazotz. Music Credits: Dark Fantasy Studio - Monsters Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Scott Buckley - Contagion White Bat Audio - Knee Deep in the Dead White Bat Audio - Crawling Dark Fantasy Studio - On the Other Side White Bat Audio - Torn Flesh Kevin MacLeod - Giant Wyrm Dark Fantasy Studio - Possessed Cocour - Todd's Arrival Braids - 03 - 02 Kevin MacLeod - Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre Alexander Nakarada - Scheming Weasel (Metal Version) Kai Engel - Smiles Throughout the Sky Blue Crystal Star - Legends Scott Buckley - Soul Searcher Myuu - Trauma's Mist Opening and Closing Themes by Nathan Kross and Rob Stith Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol attempts to release every Monday, and is almost always successful.

I want to send you a T-Shirt, if you'll let me.

Torc finds himself thrust into a position of leadership, much to his terror. And far below, Mitch contends with a mountain of the living dead. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Myuu - Beth's Theme Myuu - Something's Wrong Ghost Stories Incorporated - The Doomed and Infected Scott Buckley - Emergent Kevin MacLeod - Right Behind You Myuu - Run! Kai Engel - Shining Dawn Alexander Nakarada - Cockroaches Dark Fantasy Studio - Possessed Dark Fantasy Studio - The Story Behind her Smile Opening and Closing Themes by Nathan Kross and Rob Stith Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol attempts to release every Monday, and is almost always successful.

See you all next week.

Ben, Alan, and Rob discuss Sabotage, the brisk and brutal split-session Maenad Directive arc (that's a lot of descriptors) that takes place after Invitations.

Mitch struggles to traverse the City of Night as it burns. Meanwhile, within the Temple of Swords, Torc finds himself in the unenviable position of needing to keep his numerous companions alive. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Dark Fantasy Studio - Trust Me Kai Engel - Dancing on the Edge Dark Fantasy Studio - Escape Myuu - Reflection ErikMMusic - High Atop the Tower Darren Curtis - Soul's Departure Dark Fantasy Studio - Iron Knight Dark Fantasy Studio - Primal Free Dramatic Scores - Feel the Knife Scott Buckley - Contagion Opening and Closing Themes by Nathan Kross and Rob Stith Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol attempts to release every Monday, and is almost always successful.

The City of Night eats itself, and more than one trapped within its churning gullet make devil's bargains to continue on. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Free Dramatic Scores - A Nightmare in Blood Dark Fantasy Studio - Into Wild Lands Dark Fantasy Studio - Facing the Dragon Scott Buckley - She Moved Mountains Kai Engel - Avenge the Fallen Darren Curtis - The Invasion Scott Buckley - Soul Searcher Ghost Stories Incorporated - Eulogy Daniel Birch - Angelic Voices in my Nightmares Darren Curtis - Ignite the Fire Darren Curtis - I Will Find You Dark Fantasy Studio - Escape Opening and Closing Themes by Nathan Kross and Rob Stith Additional Music by Michael O'Neill Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol attempts to release every Monday, and is almost always successful.

Mitch, Kaelar, and their companions travel to the City of Night, as Torc awakens from one nightmare into the next. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Alexander Nakarada - Tranquil Fields - Tense Fantasy World - Elven Sanctuary Arthur Vyncke - Red Forest ROZKOL - All the Little Pieces Ghost Stories Incorporated - The Doomed and Infected Myuu - Main Title Theme (Resident Evil Outbreak Cover) Myuu - March of the Titans Dark Fantasy Studio - Signs of Desolation Kevin MacLeod - Myst on the Moor Kevin MacLeod - The Hive braids - 01 - 02 Vasilis Nektarios Georgoulis - The Fall of the White City Opening and Closing Themes by Nathan Kross and Rob Stith Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol attempts to release every Monday, and is almost always successful.

Torc awakens imprisoned in a hellish sanctum, and finds his options for escape both limited and daunting. Music Credits: Arthur Vyncke - Red Forest Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Fragrance99 - Gloomy Sunday Kevin MacLeod - Long Note One Fragrance99 - Grisly Reminder Mahray - The Questioning Suite Naoya Sakamata - Elimination of Wall Dark Fantasy Studio - The Evil Inside Kevin MacLeod - Giant Wyrm A. Romeo - Avant Garde Horror Demo A. Romeo - Frozen Breath A. Romeo - Black Water Kevin MacLeod - Bent and Broken Alexander Nakarada - Cockroaches ROZKOL - Darkness Crept Letmeknowyouanatole - Take the Colours Paint the Sky Dark Fantasy Studio - Basement Opening and Closing Themes by Nathan Kross and Rob Stith Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol attempts to release every Monday, and is almost always successful.

Plus a few updates.

Mitch and Nerys abscond with Ithel's severed head, while Kaelar attempts to smuggle the badly injured Gwyndion to safety. But the noble houses will not suffer the loss of the Blooded Rose Manor charitably, and unleash two of their deadliest servants. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Dark Fantasy Studio - On the Other Side Naoya Sakamata - Burt's Requiem Scott Buckley - Absolution A. Romeo - Frozen Breath A.Romeo - Fatal Discovery Darren Curtis - Maleficent Mysticism Kevin MacLeod - Inexorable Arthur Vyncke - Red Forest Three Chain Links - Hide DEgITx - Machine Paradigm Matty M - A Shapeless Dream bXmMusic - #SWAG Naoya Sakamata - Mental Plunder Blue Crystal Star - Forest of Dreams Ghost Stories Incorporated - Final Serenity Opening and Closing Themes by Nathan Kross and Rob Stith Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol attempts to release every Monday, and is almost always successful.

Torc leads a group consisting of Bertram, Vincenzo, Dafydd, Chronicle, and several guildsmen in surreptitious travel to the City of Night. But in the Amaranth Kingdom by night, almost anything could be coming the other way down the road... Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Kevin MacLeod - Serpentine TrekKevin MacLeod - RitesKevin MacLeod - Prelude and ActionScott Buckley - MidsommarKai Engel - RunDarren Curtis - Lord McDeath Scott Buckley - VenomJakubowski Epic Music - Terrible CaveDark Fantasy Studio - On the Other SideDEgITx - Road to Heaven ROZKOL - Hell SlimeScott Buckley - Beyond these WallsOpening and Closing Themes by Nathan Kross and Rob Stith Additional Music by Michael O'Neill Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol attempts to release every Monday, and is almost always successful.

Mitch and Nerys face off in a duel to secure the right of induction into the House of Swords. Meanwhile, Kaelar attempts to make sense of the strange atmosphere attendant to the night's rare festivities. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Naoya Sakamata - Play With PainHardcore scm - Fun in Cello LandNaoya Sakamata - 冥罰 - Dark Piano MusicNaoya Sakamata - Invisible ShadowFrim Fram Sauce - Vivaldi - Concerto For Cello & Orchestra In Am, RV 419 - I.Daniel Birch - Shadows Rise Like FireworksDaniel Birch - Piano Tape LoopKevin MacLeod - Long Note OneLon Snow - Cello's CantaraDark Fantasy Studio - A Fool and His MindDark Fantasy Studio - High SeasROZKOL - Darkness CreptWombatNoisesAudio - Waltz of the Skeleton KeysOpening and Closing Themes by Nathan Kross and Rob Stith Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol attempts to release every Monday, and is almost always successful.

Our travelers finally return to the outskirts of Boardwalk Village 7, to reunite with those they left behind. But rest, while achingly welcome, is not easily maintained, as a high-risk, high-reward opportunity falls into their laps. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Sergey Cheremisinov - NaiveSergey Cheremisinov - Dance With MeAlexander Nakarada - He's a ParrotDaniel Birch - Environmental Disaster ZoneAlexander Nakarada - Silly IntroKai Engel - Shining DawnScott Buckley - Soul SearcherAlexander Nakarada - Towards the HorizonAlexander Nakarada - Until the EndAlexander Nakarada - MjóiDaniel Birch - Sleeping in the CosmosNaoya Sakamata - 衝動的平和と笑顔の屍 - DARk PIANO MUSICFrim Fram Sauce - Vivaldi - Concerto For Cello & Orchestra In Am, RV 419 - I. Opening and Closing Themes by Nathan Kross and Rob Stith Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol attempts to release every Monday, and is almost always successful.

Ben, Dan, Jhan, and Rob discuss the *very* dark and dramatic Invitations arc of Season 2.

The Poet Justin Geoffery is freed, but his wellbeing, mentally and spiritually as well as physically, is in dire peril. Notus begins to glimpse the edges of a great mystery, and unexpected guests begin to seem rather like the norm. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Jason Shaw - Running WatersMeowstro 2.0 - Frosty MeadowsKai Engel - Vintage FramesDark Fantasy Studio - SheilaNaoya Sakamata - Jealous VoiceJason Shaw - South of the BorderAlexander Nakarada - Silly IntroAlexander Nakarada - Circus Amigoville Alexander Nakarada - Life of a DogDark Fantasy Studio - Down to the FloorWhite Bat Audio - Stranded on EuropaAlexander Nakarada - Oompa Until You CroakNaoya Sakamata - BehindErikMMusic - High Atop the TowerDaniel Birch - The Gates are LockedScott Buckley - AffirmationsDaniel Birch - Swallowed by ShameDark Fantasy Studio - A Fool and his MindDaniel Birch - Empty RoadDaniel Birch - Piano Tape LoopDark Fantasy Studio - Cowboys Daniel Birch - Low Warm SunDaniel Birch - What are your ThoughtsOpening and Closing Themes by Nathan Kross and Rob Stith Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol attempts to release every Monday, and is almost always successful.

With Natalya down, our operatives must respond with immediate, overwhelming force. But even that may be found wanting against the unnatural strength of this new clone. On top of that, they stand at the center of a minefield they cannot hope to comprehend. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Darren Curtis - Danger Around the CornerAlexander Nakarada - CircuitsGhost Stories Incorporated - Lake of Lasting AgonyWhite Bat Audio - Black TarVITNE - EdgeAlexander Nakarada - Guitar HeroWhite Bat Audio - XenomorphBorrtex - FaithWhite Bat Audio - Distress SignalWhite Bat Audio - Stranded on EuropaWhite Bat Audio - Creeping FogWhite Bat Audio - The VisitorWhite Bat Audio - Death do us PartWhite Bat Audio - Blackened SkiesWhite Bat Audio - Last RainfallKevin MacLeod - FiresongOpening and Closing Themes by Nathan Kross and Rob Stith Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol attempts to release every Monday, and is almost always successful.

Holiday greetings, listener questions answered, and numerous announcements. Music: Myuu - Jingle Bells Myuu - Deck the Halls Myuu - Carol of the Bells Daniel Birch - Spanish Guitar & Voice on Microcassette Myuu - Silent Night

Rhett, Notus, and Kathleen must devise a plan to rescue Justin Jeffrey, a man none of them know the first thing about, from the clutches of the DAS. And it'll take all hands on deck to affect an extraction, which means strange bedfellows are foregone. Music Credits: Josh Woodward - Me and Billy Barnum (Instrumental) Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Kevin MacLeod - Lightless DawnKevin MacLeod - SatiateMyuu- Obsessions Myuu - MetamorphosisKai Engel - JunctionKevin MacLeod - HitmanWendigo - God ComplexOpening and Closing Themes by Nathan Kross and Rob Stith Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol attempts to release every Monday, and is almost always successful.

Rhett and Notus crash land in the hidden laboratory of Kathleen Lithgow, and have much explaining to do to avoid getting (further) on their host's bad side. To make matters worse, their arrival turns out to be the second-most-disruptive thing to happen to Kathleen today. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Kevin MacLeod - FiresongAlexander Nakarada - Foam RubberKai Engel - DeliriumDark Fantasy Studio - A Fool and his MindKai Engel - Murmuration Kevin MacLeod - Scheming Weasel FasterSublustris Nox - Fata MorganaJosh Woodward - Fight the Sea (Instrumental Version) Peter Rudenko - 5:00 AMDark Fantasy Studio - Just BehindJosh Woodward - Me and Billy Barnum (Instrumental)Daniel Birch - Everything Else Will Fix ItselfMeowstro 2.0 - Frosty Meadows

The Pit opens. Our Travelers' alliance with the Boardwalk Guild of Workers, as well their lives, are on the line. The night's festivities at the Blooded Rose Manor are nearly at an end, and the dawn will tell the victors from the provender. Music Credits: WombatNoisesAudio - Waltz of the Skeleton Keys Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Daniel Birch - Spanish Guitar and Voice on MicrocassetteMyuu - Dark CreaturesKevin MacLeod -Erik Satie - Gymnopedie No 1cinematicwaves - Road to Dark Tower Darren Curtis - QuirkasaurusDarren Curtis - Soul's DepartureKevin MacLeod - Shadowlands 6 - The Pit Valtteri Halkola - Unfinished SongMarinzguitar - DooM Medley Guitar CoverDark Fantasy Studio - CommunicationKyu Sawamura - HATEDEgITx - Grim Reaper (feat. Matty M)Myuu - Flowered RustDaniel Birch - Angelic Voices in my Nightmares Daniel Birch - Swallowed by ShameBlue Crystal Star - Wayfarer (Improv)Alexander Nakarada - Nomadic Sunset (2019)

As the time draws near for the meeting with the House of Flesh, our Travelers have one last opportunity to find useful intelligence for the Guild. But Kaelar must first face an existential nightmare. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Daniel Birch - Environmental Disaster ZoneWombatNoisesAudio - Waltz of the Skeleton KeysPeritune - OminousErikMMusic - The Dusty AtticPeritune - Ominous3 CalmXenojam - AbductionZero-project - Knights of the DarknessScott Buckley - Soul SearcherFragrance99 - Lightless HeavenXenojam - AesothericMyuu - Dark CreaturesOpening and Closing Themes by Nathan Kross and Rob Stith Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol attempts to release every Monday, and is almost always successful.

Jhan hosts th 6th(!) anniversary special, with a boatload of listener questions and a pleasant, convivial vibe-- joined by Rob, Dan, Lilit, and Nick.

Music: Three Chain Links - Parasite Eve - Out of Phase (SNEX Demix)

November is a busy, busy month for ORPHEUS. Let's talk about it.

Rob, Ben, and Dan discuss the very dark and intense Fairchild Home for Children arc of Season 2. Content warning! This is a very brutal arc containing harm to children.

Inside the Blooded Rose Manor, our Travelers encounter horror, vice, and intrigue, but there are forces at work within the Manor's walls that reach far beyond mere debauchery. Music Credits: Myuu - Fernweh Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Naoya Sakamata - Proffeseur Y - La Maison De Paille衝動的平和と笑顔の屍 - DARk PIANO MUSICMahray - The Questioning SuiteKevin MacLeod - Shadowlands 6 - The Pitcinematicwaves - Road to Dark TowerBlue Crystal Star - LegendsDaniel Birch - FlickersAlexander Nakarada - TravelerDaniel Birch - Angelic Voices in my NightmaresJosh Woodward - I'm Letting Go (Instrumental)Scott Buckley - Soul SearcherXenojam - Go Mad and BurnNaoya Sakamata - Mental Plunder Daniel Birch - Environmental Disaster ZoneOpening and Closing Themes by Nathan Kross and Rob Stith Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol attempts to release every Monday, and is almost always successful.

Our Travelers' clash with the City Guard causes major shockwaves and sets the stage for the next phase of the Guild's plan. But to keep in their benefactors' good graces, they must climb into a true viper's nest. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Kevin MacLeod - DecayAlexander Nakarada - Towards the HorizonDaniel Birch - Distorted Harmony pt.2Daniel Birch - Swallowed by ShameDaniel Birch - Spanish Guitar and Voice on MicrocassetteWilhelm Matt - Kokeka (2-4-11) Time Stretched Violin BowingErikMMusic - Moonlit ChambersAlexander Nakarada - Until the EndAlexander Nakarada - Foam RubberMyuu - FernwehThree Chain Links - Future Club 2.0Alexander Nakarada - Nomadic DawnAlexander Nakarada - EntertainmentAlexander Nakarada - Village AmbianceKevin MacLeod - Bump in the NightMyuu - Snow WondersKevin MacLeod - Scheming Weasel FasterNaoya Sakamata - Chain BorderNaoya Sakamata - 衝動的平和と笑顔の屍 - DARk PIANO MUSIC Opening and Closing Themes by Nathan Kross and Rob Stith Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol attempts to release every Monday, and is almost always successful.

Kaelar wanders a distorted mirrorworld, as Mitch and Torc face Talfryn at full power. Our travelers' mission in Boardwalk takes a dark and unexplainable turn. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Dark Fantasy Studio - DevastedFree Dramatic Scores - Mountains of MadnessCreepythemes - From the ShadowsDaniel Birch - BreatheA.Romeo - Haunted SoulThe Contradiction - Pyrae CultMyuu - Bad Encounter A.Romeo - Avant Garde Horror DemoMyuu - Haunted by ScreamsMyuu - Soul Rail Daniel Birch - Distorted Harmony pt.2Daniel Birch - Swallowed by ShameDaniel Birch - Angelic Voices in my NightmaresDaniel Birch - Environmental Disaster ZoneMyuu - Final ShowdownOla Englund - Mix PracticeKai Engel - Dancing on the EdgeKevin MacLeod - Giant WyrmDEgITx - Road to HeavenDaniel Birch - Sustained Light 1 Daniel Birch - Broken Skin OverflowingDaniel Birch - Restless States Constrained Desire 2Alexander Nakarada - Frozen River Opening and Closing Themes by Nathan Kross and Rob Stith Director's Note: The ORPHEUS Protocol is supported by our generous backers on Patreon: Visit http://www.patreon.com/orpheusprotocol for details. If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol attempts to release every Monday, and is almost always successful.

Rob, Ben, Dan, and Jhan discuss the surprisingly efficient Panopticon arc, which manages to pack a proposterous poundage of mistery and dramatic irony into a mere three episodes.